republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-988.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act or Ryan's Law."
description: "Existing law, the Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act or Ryan's Law, requires specified types of health care facilities to allow a terminally ill patient's use of medicinal cannabis within the health care facility, subject to certain restrictions. Existing law requires a patient to provide the health care facility with a copy of their medical marijuana card or written documentation that the use of medicinal cannabis is recommended by a physician. Existing law requires a health care facility to, among other requirements regarding medicinal cannabis, reasonably restrict the manner in which a patient stores and uses medicinal cannabis to ensure the safety of other patients, guests, and employees of the health care facility, compliance with other state laws, and the safe operations of the health care facility. Existing law requires that health care facilities permitting patient use of medical cannabis comply with other drug and medication requirements, as specified, and makes those facilities subject to enforcement actions by the State Department of Public Health."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 988"
citation: "California SB 988 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act or Ryan's Law."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hueso"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-14"
last_action: "2022-09-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27de29f4-ff01-41dd-802f-36df374e2d1e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB988"
source_hash: "64c285f04b96edc198ec7318aab5cfd80f676851fc9f8baab5e07f1122dd8131"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 988 (20212022) — Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act or Ryan's Law.

Existing law, the Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act or Ryan's Law, requires specified types of health care facilities to allow a terminally ill patient's use of medicinal cannabis within the health care facility, subject to certain restrictions. Existing law requires a patient to provide the health care facility with a copy of their medical marijuana card or written documentation that the use of medicinal cannabis is recommended by a physician. Existing law requires a health care facility to, among other requirements regarding medicinal cannabis, reasonably restrict the manner in which a patient stores and uses medicinal cannabis to ensure the safety of other patients, guests, and employees of the health care facility, compliance with other state laws, and the safe operations of the health care facility. Existing law requires that health care facilities permitting patient use of medical cannabis comply with other drug and medication requirements, as specified, and makes those facilities subject to enforcement actions by the State Department of Public Health.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/14/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB988&version=20210SB98899INT)
2. **06/08/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB988&version=20210SB98898AMD)
3. **09/02/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB988&version=20210SB98896CHP)
4. **SB988** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB988)
5. **08/18/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB988&version=20210SB98897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 988 Hueso Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB988 Hueso Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hueso — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-15** From printer.
- **2022-02-23** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Set for hearing March 30.
- **2022-03-31** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3273.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2022-04-18** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3641.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-12** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-16** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5756.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-04** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-16** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4850.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 242, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27de29f4-ff01-41dd-802f-36df374e2d1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).